Car-underframe.



C. T. WESTLAKB L C. P. FREDE.

CAR UNDERFRAME.

APPLATON FILED JULY 10,1909. 23799 l l 5e Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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C. Ta WESTLAKE a C. E. FREDE.

GAR UNDERFRAME. y APPLICATION FILLTD JULY 10,1909.

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Patented Dec. 20; 1910.

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specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Baec- -fi,

Application filed .Tilly l0, 1909. Serial. No. 506,964.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that We, CHARLES T. WEST- Lnnn and CHARLES F. FREDE, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the transverse section therethrough on line 9, Q

State of Missouri, have invented a neW and .useful Improvement in Car-Underfraines,

of which the following is e specification,

Our invention relates particularly to the lneedle-beams and dead-block of n metallic car underfraine lieving preferably, deep middle longitudinal sills, end hes for its object, iirstly, to provide an vinexpenisive needle-beam (and floor-beam) of light and simple construction adapted to forni an in.- terinediate brace and'to be rigidly lined to the longitudinal sills of the underfreine, and secondly, to provide means for rigidly connecting the dead-block to the longitudinal sills conjointly with its attachment to tlie end sill. v

rlhe invention consists in features of novelty as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being hadfto the accompanying dren/ing iorining part 0il this specicetion, Whereon, i Figure l, is a top plan view of part olf s, inetellic car underiirame having e needle beam and floor-beam constructed resp/eo tively, according to our invention; 2, vertical transverse section to enlarged scale through the underfreine on line 2, 2, in Fig. 1, show' ,0^ the needle-beam in side elevation; Figs. 3, and Li, vertical ytransverse sections to enlarged scale through. the needle-- beain on lines 3, 3, end il, ll, respectively, in Fig. 2; Fig', 5, ay similar view to 2 through the underiraine online 5, 5, in Fig. l, showing the floor-beam in side elevation, and Fig. 6, siniiler view to Fig. 3 through the loonbeain on line (i, (i, in Fig. 5; llie. a top plan view oi the end portion oli 1u derir e sl'ioiving the. dead-'clock fixed t thi end sill and adapted to our invention e'. S. s front elevation to enlarged underfiaine thereat, and Fig. il. 'e ver `n j Lilie letters and nuinerels of reference den note like parts in all the figures.

Referring to Figs. l to (i, o represents the vhaving their maximum depth at and ifor a suitable distance on each side ofthe transverse center of the ear, and 'thence inclii -d upward' at the bottoni touf'erd their end gor- 60 tions, and the side sills having a uniorin depth throughout with their 'Webs ranged vertically outward. Arranged treneversely between and Xed to the longitudi nel sills c and E* is a needle-beam c constructed according to our invention, having its maximum depth between the middle sills a and thence inclined upward at the bottoni to each side sill es shown. needle beam c consists preferably, of an upiight web which is divided longitudinally into three parte or sect-ions, ainiddlepart l located between the middle sills a and leaving 'end flanges 2 (or equivalent members) adapted to bear against the inside faces of the middle if" sills c to Whiclithey are fixed preferebly, .icy rivets Si, sind tivo side parte l located respectively, between each siehe sill l) the corre sponding middle sill a, and having end flanges 2 (or equivalent I embers) which at one end oi? the parts 1 are adapted to against the side sills Y) and are fixed ti preferably, by rivets l, and at cth against the middle sills a te which fined by the rivets before through the of the l., The top or pension l l nugnoer ci noe bea-ni c on which the food licor-sills 4. supported, consists preferably, bei' 5 in one length lievb adapted to bear against parte l, l", at one 5, its horizon and beer on tl1 iol-ined in the A portions of the vert' l v ig eine., ivf to the ci the sills bv vertical leg of the angle olv. forni@ sill b to which the li'ange 9 is fixed preferably by 'rivets 10., Similarly, the bottom or compression member of the needle-beam vc consists preferably, of an angle-bar in one against and fixed to the side of the web or parts 1, 1, by'rivets (5f and its horizontal leg adapted to u derlie and' bear against the bottom of the iddle sills a where it is Yi0 formed in the same plane `with flattenedout 'portions 7 oi lthe vertical-leg and xed therewith to ral bottom of the Sins a by rivets 8', the liorizontal'leg being also at each end direglted under and fixed tothe bottom of the"eorresponding side sill b by rivets 11. e rejjrelsents our improved floorbeam Which'prelierlably, consists of an'angle-v bar 12 1n one llength arranged transversely to the longitudinalsills a and b for supporttively, at each end directed downward and latera1ly,andvlixed to the web of the corresponding side sill 7; by rivets 13, the anglebar 12 being combined with an upright anglebar 14 which is fixed to the inside face of 80 leach middle sill a immediately beneath or in the vertical by rivets 15. j

Figs. 7 to`9, show our improved means for connecting the dead-block f to the longituplane of the floor-beam proper ydinal sills a: and b conjointly with 'its usual attachment to the end sill g of the underframe. For this purpose the end sill g which in the present case is channel-shaped 1n cross section having its web vertical and inward, is preferably, formed in the middle with a bottom recess 16 for the reception therein of the dead-block vwhich 'preferl ably, projects forward and rearward of the' end sill g thereaft, and is formed at each end with a rear upright fiange 17 which is adapted to bear against, and is rigidly fixed by rivets 18 to the adjacentvrear face of the end sill g at the `corresponding side of the recess 16, the dead-block i having also adjacent and at right angles to each iiange 1"?,

a horizontal flange 19 which bears against the bottom of, and supports the end sill g thereat, the vflanges 19 being fixed to the bottom of the end sill g by rivets 20` From the bottom of the dead-block f transversely thereto and preferably, at each end thereof depend two opposite uprightwalls or members 21 forming an intermediate opening for i5 length having' its vertical leg bearingl 20 ing the4 wood linen-sills d, Vthe angle-bar 12 'or any suitable manner.

carry-iron 25 may be attached to the deadblock f in any other suitable manner. F rom the rear face of the dead-block f, adjacent to the flanges 17, project two opposite upright diverging lianges or webs 26 of suitable height, to which are fixed, preferably by rivets 27, the end portions of two corresponding diverging horizontal vbraces 28, which in the present case are channel-shaped in cross section with their webs vertical and inward against the flanges 26, the otherlends of the braces 28 being in the present case fixed to the body-bolster It which is secured to thelongitudinal sills a and Z) in the usual By this construction of the dead-block f any shock or stress thereon is imparted simultaneously to the end sill g and to the longitudinal sills a andfb and thereby more uniformly distributed through the underframe than when tbe stress :is received initially by `the end sill alone;

lVe do not limit ourselves to connecting the dead-block f by the braces 2S with the body-bolster and thence to the longitudinalsills a and b as described, as 'the dead'- block may be connected directly to the longitudinal sills in any suitable manner without departing from the principle of our invention which is to connect the dead-block to the said sills conjointly with its attach- 'ment to the end sill of the underframe.

f What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. 1n a car underframe of the class described, a needle-beam comprising an upright member made in sections, a top and bottom member respectively L-shaped and flat incross section alternately, and means for fixing the said web and members to the j' said frame, substantially as described. l

2. In a car undcrframe of the class described, a need-le beam comprising an npright web, and a top member, alternately L- shaped and flat in cross section, and having at cach' end a bent portion adapted to be connected to the side sills'of the said'i'rame.

3. ln a car underframe of the class dcscribed, a needle beam comprising an upright web, and a bottom member, alternately L-shaped and iat in cross section, and adapted at its ends to be connected to the side sills of the saidfranie.

Al. ln a car underirame of the class described, a needle beam comprising an upright web and a top and bottom member respectively, Lshaped and flat in cross section l alternately, and adapted at their .ends to be connected to Ythe side sills of the said frame,

the passage o'l' the draw-bar 22 (indicated 60 by dotted lines in Fig. 8) of a suitable draftgear, each wall 21having at the bottom an outwardly projecting horizontal fiange 23 for the attachment theretobyl bolts 24: of .a carry-iron 25 for the said-bar. 0r the substantially as described.

5. 1n a car underframe of the class described, a needle beam comprising an upright web made in sections, and a lbottom member, alternately L-shaped and flat in tho be colmelcted to the side sills of the said frame, substantially as described.

CHARLES T. VESTLAKE. CHARLES F. FREDE.

Witnesses EDWARD W. FURRELL, HAL C. liLLvILLE. 

